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Time of India
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'Anita de Monte Laughs Last' adaptation: Eva Longoria to direct
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Actor-director Eva Longoria is set to direct her next film "Anita de Monte Laughs Last", an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Xochitl Gonzalez. Longoria, who has previously directed projects such as "Glamorous", "Latinos Living the American Dream" and "Flamin' Hot", will helm the project for Searchlight Pictures, according to the entertainment news outlet Variety. The plot The plot of "Anita de Monte Laughs Last" revolves around a first-generation Ivy League student, who uncovers the work of a female artist decades after her mysterious death. It is described as "a propulsive, witty examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite". Critically acclaimed novel Gonzalez, whose 2024 novel went on to receive critical acclaim, will write the screenplay for the film which is produced by Longoria under her production banner Hyphenate Media Group. Cris Abrego and Jada Miranda are producing the film alongside Longoria. "Anita de Monte Laughs Last" also marks the second collaboration for Longoria and Searchlight Pictures after their work on "Flamin' Hot", which released in 2023. The film starred Annie Gonzalez and Jesse Garcia in the lead roles.
Time of India
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Eva Longoria to direct 'Anita de Monte Laughs Last'
Eva Longoria has come on board to direct the film adaptation of 'Anita de Monte Laughs Last'. Eva Longoria has come on board to direct the film adaptation of 'Anita de Monte Laughs Last'. Xochitl Gonzalez will pen the screenplay based on her bestselling novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death, as per Variety. 'Anita de Monte Laughs Last' has been described as "a propulsive, witty examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite." The novel was published in 2024. Longoria will also produce the project under her Hyphenate Media Group banner alongside Cris Abrego (the company's CEO) and Jada Miranda (president of television). "Anita de Monte Laughs Last" also reunites Longoria with Searchlight, which distributed her feature directorial debut "Flamin' Hot." The film premiered at SXSW, where it won the audience award; then, it was a hit on Hulu and Disney+, hailed as the studio's most-watched streaming launch at the time and the first title to make Nielsen Weekly's Top 10 Chart.
Associated Press
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Tell us a New York story: Finalists announced for $50,000 Gotham Book Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Rumaan Alam's 'Entitlement,' Ian Frazier's 'Paradise Bronx' and Lisa Ko's 'Memory Piece' are among 13 finalists for the Gotham Book Prize, a $50,000 award for outstanding fiction or nonfiction writing about New York City. The prize was established in 2020 by businessman-philanthropist Bradley Tusk and political strategist Howard Wolfson, who said at the time that the pandemic gave them a heightened sense of the importance of literature. Other nominees announced Friday include Xochitl Gonzalez's 'Anita de Monte Laughs Last,' Prithi Kanakamedala's 'Brooklynites,' Guy Trebay's 'Do Something,' Joél Leon's 'Everything and Nothing at Once,' Muriel Leung's 'How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster' and Nicole Gelinas' 'Movement.' Karen Valby's 'Swans of Harlem,' Tricia Romano's 'The Freaks Come Out to Write,' Anna Akbari's 'There Is No Ethan' and Andrew Boryga's 'Victim' also were named as finalists. The winner will be announced in the spring. 'Each of these 13 finalists have captured a compelling and unique slice of the New York City story,' Tusk and Wolfson said in a statement. 'Whether fiction or nonfiction, set in decades past or even the future, these books reflect the vibrancy, complexity, and resilience that define New York.' Previous winners include Colson Whitehead's 'Crook Manifesto' and Andrea Elliott's nonfiction 'Invisible Child.'
